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Unit 8 · Elementary
Read the clock the Nepali way: ask the time, give the hour with baje, and pin things to the morning or evening.
Time, days, and the clock (lesson 8)
Public-domain audio — FSI Nepali Basic Course (via Live Lingua).
Tourist
बस कति बजे जान्छ?
Bas kati baje jaanchha?
What time does the bus leave?
Clerk
सात बजे।
Saat baje.
At seven o'clock.
Tourist
अहिले कति बज्यो?
Ahile kati bajyo?
What time is it now?
Clerk
छ बज्यो।
Chha bajyo.
It's six o'clock.
Tourist
त्यसो भए एक घण्टा छ।
Tyaso bhae ek ghantaa chha.
Then there's one hour.
Ask Kati bajyo? — literally "how-much struck?". Answer with a number + bajyo: Chha bajyo ("it's six"), Das bajyo ("it's ten").
To do something at a time, use baje: Kati baje? ("at what time?"), Saat baje ("at seven"). Bas saat baje jaanchha = "The bus leaves at seven." Note bajyo tells the current time; baje sets an appointment.
bihaana (morning), diunso (midday), belukaa (evening), raati (night) go in front of the time: bihaana saat baje = "at 7 in the morning", belukaa chha baje = "at 6 in the evening".
1. Ask "What time is it now?"
अहिले कति बज्यो? (Ahile kati bajyo?)
2. Say "It's nine o'clock."
नौ बज्यो। (Nau bajyo.)
3. Ask "What time does the bus leave?"
बस कति बजे जान्छ? (Bas kati baje jaanchha?)
4. Say "at 7 in the morning".
बिहान सात बजे (bihaana saat baje).